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Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD

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(Dr. Christopher Ray Bernheisel, M.D.)

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Specializes in: Family Medicine

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (2003)

Professional interests include: hypertension (high blood pressure), sports physicals, depression, and more.

2123 AUBURN AVENUE SUITE 340
CINCINNATI, OH 45219

(513) 721-2221

Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD is a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH specializing in family medicine. He graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2003 and has 23 years of experience. Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD is affiliated with UC Health, The Christ Hospital Health Network and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Office Locations

2123 AUBURN AVENUE SUITE 340
CINCINNATI, OH 45219

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Some issues Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD can help you with:

Depression

Everyone knows what it feels like to get the blues once in a while. But depression is a serious illness that is more severe than a bad day and lasts much longer. Symptoms of depression stop a person from being able to function and enjoy daily activities for weeks or months at a time. It can happen to anyone, and it isn't something that people can control by force of will or "snap out of it."

Some common symptoms of depression include:

Feeling sad, guilty, empty or hopeless
Fatigue and a lack of energy and motivation
A loss of pleasure in activities that were previously enjoyed
Unusual sleep or eating habits
Mental fog -- trouble concentrating, remembering, or making decisions
Physical aches and pains
Suicidal thoughts or a preoccupation with death

We don't yet know what causes depression, but it's thought that it is a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and social influences. Because of this, the most effective treatments for depression combine medication with psychotherapy. Therapy, especially cognitive-behavioral therapy, can be extremely helpful in resolving the negative thoughts and feelings that come with depression. It gives patients new tools that they can use themselves to cope when their depression is making them feel down.

Some of the common medications used to treat depression include antidepressants such as SSRI's (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft) or atypical antidepressants (Cymbalta, Wellbutrin). It's important to remember that these medications have different effects on everybody, and no one medication works right for everyone. Patients may have to try a couple before finding the one that works just right for them. If the first medication they try doesn't work, they should talk to their doctor about trying something else. In extreme cases where medication is not enough, electro-convulsive therapy and hospitalization may be the answer to keeping a severely depressed person safe.

Depression is a difficult illness to deal with, but it is more common than believed and there are many people who can help. With the right treatment, individuals with depression can get back to fully enjoying life again.

In The News

“Gifford joins the medical team of Dr. Christopher Bernheisel, MD, UC Health Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Director of the...”—"ACRMC Family Medicine welcomes new medical provider", News Democrat, January 2023

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH during 2012 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	599
inpatient care	599

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH during 2013 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	449
inpatient care	449

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	103
Female	147

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	184
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	72
From 75 to 84	62
85 and over	46
Less than 65	70

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	16
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	44
Chronic Kidney Disease	65
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	56
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	55
Dementia	25
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	38
hospital care	466
inpatient care	466

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	99
Female	138

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	162
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	60
From 75 to 84	71
85 and over	36
Less than 65	70

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	43
Chronic Kidney Disease	69
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	57
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	42
Diabetes	52
Dementia	22
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH during 2015 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	18
hospital care	223
inpatient care	223

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	132
Female	154

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	190
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	80
From 75 to 84	60
85 and over	66
Less than 65	80

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	64
Asthma	27
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	26
Heart Failure	48
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	39
Diabetes	54
Dementia	23
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH during 2016 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	26
hospital care	157
inpatient care	157

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	44
Female	65

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	66
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	30
From 75 to 84	20
85 and over	22
Less than 65	37

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	48
Chronic Kidney Disease	65
Asthma	50
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	36
Diabetes	47
Dementia	25
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	34
hospital care	197
inpatient care	197

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	82

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	82
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	49
From 75 to 84	30
85 and over	22
Less than 65	30

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	62
Depression	47
Chronic Kidney Disease	67
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	52
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	33
Diabetes	46
Dementia	31
Cancer	18

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH during 2018 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	15
hospital care	167
inpatient care	167

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	52
Female	51

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	64
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	36
From 75 to 84	23
85 and over	17
Less than 65	27

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	63
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	38
Diabetes	43
Dementia	27
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH during 2019 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	38
hospital care	68
inpatient care	68

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	21
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	42
Black	26
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	28
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	44
Chronic Kidney Disease	62
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	49
Dementia	0
Cancer	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	13

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	13
Female	16

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	15
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	15
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2020

Hypertension	59
High Cholesterol	38
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	48
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD in 2021

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in CINCINNATI, OH were hospital care and inpatient care.

doctor visit	26
hospital care	290
inpatient care	290

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD.

**Gender**
Female	70
Male	51

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	4
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	79
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	26
85 and over	20
Less than 65	33
65 to 74	37

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD From 2012 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	51
Asthma	14
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	39
Atrial Fibrillation	17
Dementia	15
Cancer	11

Education & Training

Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD graduated from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2003. He completed residency at University of Cincinnati Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has a state license in Ohio.

Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (2003)

Residency: University of Cincinnati Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine

Licensed In: Ohio

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Christopher R. Bernheisel, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

UC Health

The Christ Hospital Health Network

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

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Biography

Dr. Christopher Bernheisel specializes in family medicine. Before performing his residency at The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati and a hospital affiliated with the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Bernheisel attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for medical school. These areas are among his clinical interests: depression, internal medicine, and sports physicals. He is affiliated with UC Health, The Christ Hospital Health Network, and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. According to Doctor.com, he is currently accepting new patients at his office in CINCINNATI, OH.